(October 3, 1949)
[Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 3] On the afternoon of the 1st of this month, following Premier Zhou Enlai, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China, formally addressed letters to the governments of various countries announcing Chairman Mao Zedong’s proclamation, the Soviet government had already received this announcement. At 9:45 p.m. on the 2nd, a note signed by Andrei Gromyko was telegraphed to Minister Zhou Enlai, stating that the Soviet government had decided to establish diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China and to exchange ambassadors. Gromyko’s note reads as follows:

Beijing
To Mr. Zhou Enlai, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China:

The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics has received the proclamation issued by the Central People’s Government of China on October 1 of this year, which proposes the establishment of diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and the Soviet Union. After careful consideration of the Central People’s Government of China’s proposal,

motivated by its unwavering desire to forge truly friendly relations with the Chinese people and convinced that the Central People’s Government of China represents the will of the vast majority of the Chinese people, the Soviet government hereby informs Your Excellency that it has decided to establish diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China and to exchange ambassadors.

On behalf of the Soviet Government,
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
October 2, 1949, 9:45 p.m.
Chuan

This is a new communiqué drafted by Mao Zedong for Xinhua News Agency and published in the October 4, 1949 issue of the People’s Daily.